088.03/ Sadly, I needed to miss my favorite book sale of all time, the Bryn-Mawr "A Gym Filled With Used Books That You Can Purchase By The Box For A Set Price I Am Not Kidding" Wellsley Book Sale because it was on Purim and Shabbos. Shazbot. Next year? bmandwbooks.com/the-annual-sal…
088.04/ Yup.
Similar advice (coming from my expertise as a professional speaker): judge a rabbi/expert by how often they talk about themselves in their "lessons." If it's over 10%, that's a problem.
088.05/ The #Mets, #NYR, and #NYKnicks are on TV all the same time. Not kidding, I said #Shehechiyanu. Because it's still a pandemic and I can't take anything for granted.
088.06/ We used to describe our kids ages by milestones “they took first step/eat solid food/sleep through the night" etc. This can be done for we Middle Agers as well: last year I was “all my kids are bnei mitzvah” years old. This year? “My oldest is visiting colleges” years old
088.07/ #NachasAlert! My daughter's Torah Bowl team won the divisionals and are on their way to the final! Very proud of all the effort she put in and while the learning is its own reward, it's satisfying to compete in milchemet Torah. jewishlink.news/schools/50019-…
088.08/ #NachasAlert! Very cool: my son is part of a group that voluntarily met every Shabbas for two yrs, even over the pandemic, and it's like nothing I've ever seen. They actually are learning together as a big group of friends! It's heartwarming to see jewishlink.news/community-news…
I think it's manifestly clear that food aversions - to the point that someone will go hungry, even starve, before they're capable to eat a food - counts as 'pain.' And being incapable of eating is dangerous. And kitniyot isn't chametz
088.10/ @MalkaLHS has some astute insights into the how hashkama minyanim can be helpful for some ND conditions:
088.11/ This should be enough, no? Heck, he voted for Brett "Beery McRoofie" Kavanaugh after Collins' narcissistic speech. Hopefully she'll concern her way to voting for Judge Jackson too...
088.12/ 1000% correct. And so important to keep in mind. #Literalism will see the trees and not the forest. What @What46HasDone is pointing out is a forest: the only way we know things are happening is because the Dems Are Doing Something.
088.14/ I still technically run eparsha.com but for technical reasons (physical laws of the universe preventing me from time travel and multiple sentient clones to do the work I wish I could do) it hasn't been updated in a while.
088.17/ Speaking of the GBBO, my favorite moment that absolutely encapsulates the show is in the episode with the Babka challenge, one of the judges Prue Leith, said: “I’ve had [babka] in New York and it’s not nearly as nice as [Paul Hollywood's babka].” today.com/food/some-new-…
088.18/ "Founder's Intent" like "CRT" and "States Rights" etc. are all shorthand for racist revanchism. It's a way of skipping all the recent amendments (esp. 13-15 & 19) to recreate antebellum society.
088.20/ I write all over my books, seforim included. All. Over.
Post-it notes are great and I use every product possible (see link) I can even take a picture to preserve the page with the stickers if I want to remove them. amazon.com/dp/B07FQCCRVB/…
088.23/ Thought provoking thread by a mutual about the genre differences in adult vs YA dystopian fantasy. I especially appreciate the insight about how an adolescent revolutionary ideology can ironically lead to stasis.
088.25/ A combination of an early Shabbos because we're going to Rutgers for Shabbas dinner, and from maddening computer trouble, I'll stop now. Stay safe everyone! #ShabbatShalom
209.02/ Following the assassination attempt on TFG yesterday - an act I condemn; ballots not bullets - the reaction by news agencies has been unhinged. But I'm singling out The Daily Beast and Politico who are lionizing TFG using very disturbing rhetoric. I've had to unfollow.
209.03/ I'm furious that so many in Congress are playing this dangerous game but I'm reminding myself that (1) the MSM has been fabricating stories & amplifying mythological pro-GOP nonsense for a while now & (2) I trust Biden's abilities to handle this like he did NATO.
208.02/ Demographically, I should be part of the "elite" but the past two weeks showed me that I'm a solid true-blue member of the Democratic "base" because I'm standing by Biden-Harris & have a white-hot rage against the media (& the cowards in my party) trying to take us down.
208.03/ People ask "Why haven't the media learned their lesson from 'But Her Emails?' in 2016"?! But the answer is QED - they did learn their lesson: that with relentless bad-faith attacks they can knock out the Democrat & elect a cash-cow tabloid buffoon. They know & want this.
207.02/ I didn't see the debate because I can't stand listening to Trump (ym'sh). The bizarre meltdown by the MSM calling for Biden to drop out is not only disgusting but reignited the normie-Democrats' blazing anger at the MSM goofs that brought us "But Her Emails" in 2016.
207.03/ Ironically, the drumbeat from the MSM about Biden's age for months - probably starting right after the withdrawal from Afghanistan which ruined their gravy train - prepared the public for how he sounded at the debate. The MSM hit-job backfired.
205.02/ It's important to know: every pawn can become a queen.
205.03/ #ChochmatNashim for #Behaalotecha 5783 (last year) @ChochmatNashim
Downloadable PDF with working links of Divrei Torah by Orthodox women scholars on the parsha and other topics of the week. drive.google.com/file/d/14uXvSR…
204.02/ What incredible news! Barukh Hashem, 4 hostages rescued from those monsters.
'Operation Arnon’: How 4 hostages were freed from Hamas captivity in central Gaza
204.03/ #ChochmatNashim for #Naso 5783 (last year) @ChochmatNashim.
Downloadable PDF with working links to Divrei Torah by Orthodox women scholars on the parsha and other topics of the week. (I'm not sure I can update this well enough for 5784 today) drive.google.com/file/d/1b46N_z…